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A Larger Helping of Schilder

The Klaas Schilder Reader: The Essential Theological Writings, eds. George Harinck, Marinus DeJong and Richard Mouw (Bellingham: Lexham Academic, 2022).  […]

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22 August 2022

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I Recommend

This past week, I shared the following links on social media and I think they’re worth sharing here too: 10 […]

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14 August 2021

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A Sometimes Forgotten Figure in Our Church History

Bavinck: A Critical Biography, James Eglinton.  Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2020.  Hardcover, 450 pages. In my corner of the Reformed […]

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8 March 2021

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Herman Bavinck on Women in the Church

Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) stands with John Calvin and Abraham Kuyper as one of the greatest Reformed theologians.  He’s renowned for […]

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2 February 2021

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What About Advent and Lent? Excerpt from Aiming to Please

The following is an excerpt from chapter 17 of Aiming to Please: A Guide to Reformed Worship (available from Amazon […]

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1 December 2020

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The Liberation of 1944

This year we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of 1944.  If you have no idea what that is, […]

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14 August 2019

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Book Review of Article 36 of the Belgic Confession Vindicated Against Dr. Abraham Kuyper

Article 36 of the Belgic Confession Vindicated Against Dr. Abraham Kuyper: A Critique of His Series on Church and State […]

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25 April 2019

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Quotable Church History: “Not a square inch…”

This is the ninth in a series on famous quotes from church history. We’re looking at who said these famous […]

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20 March 2018

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Quotable Church History: “If I had to add a single sigh to my salvation…”

This is the eighth in a series on famous quotes from church history.  We’re looking at who said these famous […]

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13 March 2018

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New Kuyper Resources Added

One of the hats I wear finds me teaching church history again, this time to Grade 7-10 students at our […]

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24 October 2017

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Klaas Schilder’s Christ and Culture — Some Notes

Way back in the day (I mean way back — even before university), I got it into my head to […]

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5 September 2017

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John Calvin and Michael Servetus

Today I’ll share another excerpt from my Reformation Church History course that I recently taught in the Philippines and, before […]

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18 February 2014

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Book Review: Abraham Kuyper — Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat

Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat, James D. Bratt, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013.  Paperback, 483 pages, $30.00. Figures like Abraham […]

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27 June 2013

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2013 Ministerial Conference

This afternoon I returned from a refreshing couple of days with colleagues at a retreat a couple of hours north […]

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30 May 2013

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Rev. Wes Bredenhof (B.A., M.Div., Th.D.) is pastor of the Free Reformed Church in Launceston, Tasmania. Read More
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Get to Know the Holy Spirit

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